CEAS Alumni Visit with Members of ASCE on Current Projects with S.A. Miro, Inc.

September 25, 2013 — Department
of Civil and Architectural Engineering

Two graduates of the M.S. in Civil and Architectural
Engineering program recently visited campus to make a presentation to students
and faculty at the monthly American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
meeting. Both Chad Mitchell and Tyler
Robison are now employed with S.A. Miro, Inc. at their headquarters located in
Denver, CO. The company has additional headquarters
located in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

S.A. Miro, Inc. is a national leading civil
engineering and structural engineering consulting firm with a presence that continues
to expand around the globe. The company boasts itself as being the
industry leader in Building Information Modeling (BIM). BIM allows the company to focus more on the
architecture and engineering and less on drafting and CAD drawing management. Miro currently designs all of their projects
in 3D BIM technology while maintaining the ability to convert all of the
drawings in 2D AutoCAD if necessary.

Chad Mitchell began the presentation by briefly describing
a number of projects that the company has been involved with including: Denver
Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, Denver, CO, Medical Center of the
Rockies, Loveland, CO, The Children’s Hospital East Tower Addition, Aurora, CO,
The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe, CA, King Palm Tower – MBZ, Abu Dhabi, UAE, and
the Al Zaabi Villa, Khalifa City ‘B’, Abu Dhabi, UAE, to name a few.

Chad was an integral member of the S.A. Miro team that
worked on the Denver Veterans Administration Medical Center. The site is located on 31 acres adjacent to
the University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center. The campus is comprised of 14 unique
structures, all fully modeled (architecture, structure, and MEP) in Revit
BIM. All of the buildings were subjected
to the VA’s Physical Security requirements and have been designed for blast
loading and progressive collapse mitigation.
The build-out of the facility has provided 1.4 million square feet of
hospital, clinical, emergency, and nursing home care for America’s
veterans.

Tyler Robison completed the presentation describing
his involvement with the work on the canopies for the DIA South Terminal
Redevelopment Program. This $540 million project
has been funded by the City and County of Denver with an expected completion in
2016. The project includes the
construction of a 500-room Westin hotel and conference center, an RTD
FastTracks commuter rail station, and improvements to the existing concourse
baggage and train systems. S.A. Miro is
the Engineer of Record for both the transit center and the hotel. The train station, plaza, and hotel will form
a highly integrated and dynamic complex located directly south of and adjacent
to the existing main terminal. The expansion was created with future growth in mind, while additionally adding to the contemporary aesthetic associated with DIA's original design.